Open cut mine, Blair Athol
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Blair Athol
Blair Athol, a former coal-mining town and now an open cut mine, is 340 km north-west of Rockhampton and 24 km north-west of Clermont. It was named after the head station of James McLaren's Bathhampton pastoral run (1863), Blair Athol having been McLaren's birthplace in Perthshire, Scotland.
Further Reading:
Kerry Killin, Drovers, diggers and draglines: a history of Blair Athol and Clermont, Brisbane, Pacific Coal Pty Ltd for Blair Athol Coal Joint Venturers, 1984
Diane Menghetti, Blair Athol: the life and death of a town, Clermont, Pacific Coal, 1995
Dan O'Donnell, A history of Clermont and district, Clermont, Belyando Shire Council, 1989
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